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Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 9:35 AM

McIntyre leads in mayor’s race; Hanan, Lau, Pope lead in other races

McIntyre leads in mayor’s race; Hanan, Lau, Pope lead in other races

Robert Perea, The Fernley Reporter

The Lyon County clerk/treasurer’s office released updated vote totals Wednesday night.

The following are the updated totals.

Fernley Mayor: McIntyre 3,841 (55.94 percent), Edgington 3,025 (44.06 percent)

Fernley City Council Ward 1: Hanan 817 (56.74 percent), Lacy 623 (43.26 percent)

Fernley City Council Ward 3: Lau 620 (57.30 percent), Bickerton 462 (42.70 percent)

Lyon County Sheriff: Pope 10,988 (52.16 percent), Hunewill 10,079 (47.84 percent)

Lyon County District Attorney: Rye 16,196 (73.33 percent), Jordan 5,889 (26.67)

Lyon County Clerk/Treasurer: Lindberg 16,296 (74.05 percent), Lopez 5,711 (25.95 percent)

Fernley Swimming Pool GID: Smith 3,007 (35.15 percent), Prouty 2,857 (33.40 percent), Music 2,690 (31.45 percent)

Lyon County Recorder: Talbot 16,011 (73.08 percent), Smith 5,889 (26.92 percent)

Lyon County School Board District 4: Hendrix 11,653 (61.03 percent), Jones 7,441 (38.97 percent)

Lyon County School Board District 7: Hogan 12,167 (65.45 percent), McIntyre II 6,423 (34.55 percent)

North Lyon County Fire Protection District Question 1: Yes 3,833 (52.91 percent, No 3,412 (47.09 percent

Original story

With late drop-off and mail-in ballots still remaining to be counted, Neal McIntyre appears to be on the way to becoming the fifth mayor in Fernley’s history, while Brad Pope has a leg up in becoming new Lyon County sheriff.

In addition, Ryan Hanan and Stan Lau both lead by about 10 percentage points in the race for two city council seats.

Lyon County clerk/treasurer Nikki Bryan has not responded to an inquiry about how many ballots remain uncounted, but ballots dropped off in Fernley and Dayton Tuesday were delivered to the clerk’s office with the election day ballots, and those drop-off ballots were not opened Tuesday night. Ballots are delivered from the polling locations to the county clerk's office by sheriff's deputies.

Long lines were reported at several polling locations when polls were scheduled to close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, including in Fernley. The last poll closed around 9:30 p.m. No county can release results until the last poll in the state is closed.

Lyon County’s results were released about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.

In the race for mayor, McIntyre leads incumbent Roy Edgington with 56.9 percent of the vote, with 2,750 votes for McIntyre and 2,080 votes for Edgington.

Hanan leads Ray Lacy in the City Council Ward 1 race, with 575 votes to 444 for Lacy. In Ward 3, Lau holds a narrow lead over Tim Bickerton, who has vowed to resign and allow the council to select a replacement. Lau has 421 votes, while there are 338 votes for Bickerton.

The vote is nearly equally split on the North Lyon County Fire Protection District ballot question that would allow the district to extend its current property tax levy of .3038 for 30 years beyond the June 30, 2025 sunset date and levy an additional 4 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for 30 years. There are 2,610 Yes votes so far, and 2,474 No votes.

Brad Pope holds a lead over incumbent Frank Hunewill by 400 votes in the race for Lyon County sheriff. Pope received 7,576 while Hunewill received 7,176.Both Lyon County Commission races featured unopposed candidates, since no Democrat ran for either seat. Scott Keller will be the new county commissioner in District 2, and in District 5, Dave Hockaday was also unopposed and will retain his seat.Assessor Troy Villines also wins an unopposed reelection.Staci Lindbergh will be the new county clerk/treasurer, leading Erin Lopez with 11,830 votes for Lindbergh to 3,524 for Lopez.Steve Rye won re-election as district attorney with 11,118 votes so far, to 3,587 for Troy Jordan.The race for recorder was equally one-sided, with Anita Talbot leading Christine Smith, 11,724 votes to 3,577.In the races for The Lyon County School District Board of Trustees, Tom Hendrix has the lead over incumbent Barbara Jones, with Mike Hogan leading Neal McIntyre II to keep the seat he was appointed to earlier this year. In District 4, Hendrix has 8,696 votes to 4,858 for Jones. In District 7, Hogan leads McIntyre 8,578 to 4,635.The race for two seats on the Fernley Swimming Pool GID is extremely close, with all three candidates within 117 votes. Patricia Smith leads with 2,161 votes, followed by Suzanne Prouty with 2,113 and Michael Music third with 2,044.


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Comment author: Jack & Nancy CookComment text: Wonderful man. Created a precious family with Linda. Will always respect and admire his contribution to teaching at FHS.Comment publication date: 4/18/26, 10:27 AMComment source: Howard David JacksonComment author: JeffDickersonComment text: Very well reported, even though our motion was denied.Comment publication date: 4/15/26, 11:05 AMComment source: Judge allows Fernley City Council to proceed with corrective agenda item in Lau expulsion caseComment author: Todd fossumComment text: Hi my name is todd fossum i'm clarence's stepson, I was wondering if he had any siblings. I think he said he had a sister that just survived cancer. If she can get ahold of me or any buddy, my number is 916. 3 4 3 1 1 7 7.Thank you have a blessed dayComment publication date: 1/16/26, 4:33 PMComment source: Clarence L Shields C Comment author: Carl HagenComment text: So just curious, what is the point of a franchise agreement if it is not exclusive?Comment publication date: 12/15/25, 4:18 PMComment source: Council approves non-exclusive franchise agreement for waste collection C Comment author: Christine S GleasonComment text: In the first photo, the woman in the middle, wearing the black shirt, is SaraH Jean Gleason. She is not an FHS Leadership Student but is the person who is responsible (with the help of her father) for starting the Fernley Community Thanksgiving Dinner in 2011. She attended this year's dinner while home from Arizona State University, where she is working on her PhD.Comment publication date: 12/8/25, 8:52 PMComment source: About 400 meals served at Community Thanksgiving DinnerComment author: SusanComment text: RIP Sean. Prayers to the family, sorry for your loss.Comment publication date: 9/25/25, 1:11 PMComment source: Sean Everett Turner
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